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him to the contribution for the department of the environment and the commission on the environment and the city and county of san francisco and be it further resolved that the san francisco commission on the environment wishes david assmann well on his future endeavors. >> let's hear it for david. [ applause ] >> thank you. i really value all of the years that i spent with the department, and with the commission, and with a growing awareness of all of the issues that are important to the residents of san francisco. and i see the future of the department, and the environmental issues as being one that will continue to grow and that there is a bigger need than ever for the leadership in this area. and that i feel honored to have been able to play my role in helping to move these issues forward. and i think that the department remains in great hands, and i look really forward to seeing the achievements that will come in the future, and i think that our new director will do a wonderful job and i think that we have a dedicated staff and i think that we have the secure core of funding, a
him to the contribution for the department of the environment and the commission on the environment and the city and county of san francisco and be it further resolved that the san francisco commission on the environment wishes david assmann well on his future endeavors. >> let's hear it for david. [ applause ] >> thank you. i really value all of the years that i spent with the department, and with the commission, and with a growing awareness of all of the issues that are important...
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sustainable environment awards. over the past ten years, gwynn has led numerous community campaigns for the department all as a volunteer. she has logged more than 500 hours as an intern and over 1,000 hours as a volunteer. the department of the environment sends teams to street fairs and community events to educate the public about our latest campaigns and time and again, gwynn has been there at so many events to be the bright human face of the department. at times, she's even worn a costume. in addition to representing the department at public events, gwynn led a zero-waste audit at city hall, assisted with mandatory composting and advocated for the plastic bag ban. her volunteerism doesn't end with this department. she was the lead organizer at the sierra club in passing cleanpower cleanpowersf legislation, led community cleanups in the kpegs i don't remember with sf public works, volunteered with walk sf for over four years, and secured a new signalized crosswalk on geneva. she is a youth monitor and celebrates
sustainable environment awards. over the past ten years, gwynn has led numerous community campaigns for the department all as a volunteer. she has logged more than 500 hours as an intern and over 1,000 hours as a volunteer. the department of the environment sends teams to street fairs and community events to educate the public about our latest campaigns and time and again, gwynn has been there at so many events to be the bright human face of the department. at times, she's even worn a costume....
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and the environment commission? >> yes. general manager kelly. >> what i would like to add or have you consider as you identify the topics maybe staff can talk about the opportunities that we can have or some of the challenges so that that it can be more of a dialogue versus just a presentation. >> right and do my colleagues agree with that? commissioner vietor? >> i'm interested in what they are going to talk about. >> they are interested in telling us what we're interested in talking about we have 2 hours commissioner torres and i think what we can t up for ourselves is what we already know we have expertise and we have a record of accomplishment and i think you know, i would like to see more regular engagement with this department and with this commission i think it makes an awful lot of sense but i think we have to get staff. it's now what? may 13th? and so the meeting is in 14 days i think we have to really give staff an opportunity to present on key critical issues that we're dealing with. commissioner moran?
and the environment commission? >> yes. general manager kelly. >> what i would like to add or have you consider as you identify the topics maybe staff can talk about the opportunities that we can have or some of the challenges so that that it can be more of a dialogue versus just a presentation. >> right and do my colleagues agree with that? commissioner vietor? >> i'm interested in what they are going to talk about. >> they are interested in telling us what we're...
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we work in all sorts of environments, golf course, aquatic environments and we control basically all sorts of pests in every binding -- biological kingdom whether it's fungus or birds. it required knowledge and the ecology and how these organism interact and how we can use wasp and control and the limited use of pesticides. we've done that very well. since i have been there, i have seen constant improvement in that regard both in technology and application of it. i have personally endeavored to improve on our use of these methods and the conscious -- conserve tree of flowers and greenhouse and it benefits the environment in general. i hope that gives you a summary of what we do. thank you. >> kevin, would you be kind enough, how long have you been performing this function and what department and tell us what license? >> i have three different licenses with 10 different categories. i hold a pest control licenses with a general category and pest destroying organisms category and qal categories to include right-of-ways, forestry, landscapes, aquatics and control advisor's license for pl
we work in all sorts of environments, golf course, aquatic environments and we control basically all sorts of pests in every binding -- biological kingdom whether it's fungus or birds. it required knowledge and the ecology and how these organism interact and how we can use wasp and control and the limited use of pesticides. we've done that very well. since i have been there, i have seen constant improvement in that regard both in technology and application of it. i have personally endeavored to...
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and whereas nicholas has dedicated his service on the environment of the san francisco environment commission would like to extend an accomodation and whereas, he appropriated a assistance of important environmental policies areas including the solar and renewable and transportation and strategic partnership and whereas the department of the environment is appreciative therefore, be it resolved that the commission on the environment and the department of the environment recognition honorable nicholas contribution to protecting and advancing san francisco's well-being and wish him the very best in his future endeavors. >> you forgot one thing. >> he's a fan of chelsea football club. >> that he stuck in there in that tough hiring meeting we had that went way long. we had some fun that invite (laughter) >> that was good. >> i'll bet you'll never look at glaciers again. >> a that's an inside joke. >> testing hesitate gone on to better e bigger and better things why not here from our friend nicholas. >> thank you so much josh and thank you all of you. i think it was a real pleasure serving on the
and whereas nicholas has dedicated his service on the environment of the san francisco environment commission would like to extend an accomodation and whereas, he appropriated a assistance of important environmental policies areas including the solar and renewable and transportation and strategic partnership and whereas the department of the environment is appreciative therefore, be it resolved that the commission on the environment and the department of the environment recognition honorable...
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, our own san francisco environment. there's a lot of questions that are posed to me every single day, and we have an opportunity to advance further climate action improvements in everything that we do. and this is a great time, because coming out of a very, very serious recession, there is opportunity also to include more people and to make sure that we evolve the kinds of jobs that we want, the green tech jobs that we know will be for generations in the future helping our environment. those have got to be signaled now. the training that is required, the education in all of our schools to train people for these jobs, so that they can respect science of our environment. that's what we've been trying to do here and letting the science tell us and guide us what we need to do to set the goals and nen making sure that we bring everybody along and make sure that we have all the institutions working in concert to do it. that to me makes a city wonderful like san francisco. and i'm so privileged to have all of you working toget
, our own san francisco environment. there's a lot of questions that are posed to me every single day, and we have an opportunity to advance further climate action improvements in everything that we do. and this is a great time, because coming out of a very, very serious recession, there is opportunity also to include more people and to make sure that we evolve the kinds of jobs that we want, the green tech jobs that we know will be for generations in the future helping our environment. those...
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and plastic water bottle litter is bad for our environment. according to the epa, plastic marine debris has great potential to alter the environment and impact humans and wildlife. since it floats at all depths of the ocean, it's widely transported by ocean currents, persists in the environment for years, and is not readily digest i believe when consumed. according to the coastal commission ~ plastic accounts for over three quarters of all debris found in the marine environment and the epa says 80% of the total marine debris comes from land sources. it is widely documented fish and marine life will eat plastic which causes irritation, damage to the digestive system, or even death. if plastics are kept in the gut instead of passing through fish and other animals feel full on plastic and not food which leads to malnutrition or starvation. the epa estimates that plastic marine debris effects 267 species globally, including 86% of sea turtles, 44% of sea birds, 43% of marine mammals. additionally, according to noah, plastic did he breaux come blat
and plastic water bottle litter is bad for our environment. according to the epa, plastic marine debris has great potential to alter the environment and impact humans and wildlife. since it floats at all depths of the ocean, it's widely transported by ocean currents, persists in the environment for years, and is not readily digest i believe when consumed. according to the coastal commission ~ plastic accounts for over three quarters of all debris found in the marine environment and the epa says...
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it's not just the environment of the commission is sole stewards of the environment and they are running water and power. from today we are excited about learning in more ways to collaborate. the city's environmental agenda has a lot to benefit from today's conversations particularly as we seek to engage communities historically not engaged or part of the traditional environmental movement and as we talk about increasing job creation for city of san francisco through these programs. we are excited to be here today and we'll learn about the partnerships that we have and a little bit about each other's departments and the teams and we hope from the conversations from the commission and the staff and public and the community we come up with some ideas of what we can do. i want to thank your commission, courtney and the staff and the department on the environment and leadership and particularly from our shop at the end of our meetings, that our commission secretary monica fish. thank you very much for leading up to today. >> thank you very much. along those lines we had an opportunity as an
it's not just the environment of the commission is sole stewards of the environment and they are running water and power. from today we are excited about learning in more ways to collaborate. the city's environmental agenda has a lot to benefit from today's conversations particularly as we seek to engage communities historically not engaged or part of the traditional environmental movement and as we talk about increasing job creation for city of san francisco through these programs. we are...
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potential harm to the environment or harm to people. secondly, is there a cost defective remedy and third, are we able to do that in the presence tense. do we have the tools we need to take action now? and i think what you will see and i hope by the end of my presentation, you'll see the answer to all three questions is a resounded yes. first, is there evidence of harm? is there evidence of potential ear reversible harm. when the geological survey -- in thousands of cases they have found nearly in every case, they have found evidence of these chemicals entering the ecosystem with a level of science we understand now with low dose effects, we understand tiny levels of these chemicals do and can have impact on the ecosystem on our fish and natural environment. you heard president breed talk about phenomenal is it a -- the phenomenal statistics when they get into the hands of children, animals or the elderly. is there a mechanism for cost effective disposal. how do we get rid of these safely? san franciscans are well aware of thinking abou
potential harm to the environment or harm to people. secondly, is there a cost defective remedy and third, are we able to do that in the presence tense. do we have the tools we need to take action now? and i think what you will see and i hope by the end of my presentation, you'll see the answer to all three questions is a resounded yes. first, is there evidence of harm? is there evidence of potential ear reversible harm. when the geological survey -- in thousands of cases they have found nearly...
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environment. the information how to process to do this, in a confidential manner, is really hard to do. where there is a will, there is a way. our team pulled it off. stay tuned for the next phase which is to all of the vendors, the medical providers who provide services will be paid electronically, as well. we are excited about that. it is a great honor. thank you. >> any comments? >> mickey, director callahan, i just want to say this is such a great honor for us to thank you. you don't have the word sustainability or environment, in your title, or any of the people's titles that you mentioned. yet they have it in their blood, and you have it in your core. you decided as the leader of this department to persevere, and when mickey first told me about this she was so excited, and honestly i didn't understand the big deal. i'm thinking, don't we all do electronic text by now? she said "no, this is really hard". when she said this regulatory environment, it sounds like such a benign phrase. it was ob
environment. the information how to process to do this, in a confidential manner, is really hard to do. where there is a will, there is a way. our team pulled it off. stay tuned for the next phase which is to all of the vendors, the medical providers who provide services will be paid electronically, as well. we are excited about that. it is a great honor. thank you. >> any comments? >> mickey, director callahan, i just want to say this is such a great honor for us to thank you. you...
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. >> commending director melanie nutter, department of the environment. approval of resolution commending director melanie nutter for her service to the department of the environment and to the city and county of san francisco. whereas mayor gavin newsom appointed melanie nutter director for the san francisco department of the environment in august 2010 and whereas melanie nut r has continued to direct the department of the environment and provide san francisco's leadership under mayor edwin m. lee and whereas melanie nutter directed the department of the environment of 110 staff for the past 3-1/2 years and helped to make san francisco the greenest city in north america, and whereas melanie nutter helped champion environmental policy achievements in san francisco, including such accomplishments as -- i'll read four of them, but there are many, many accomplishments. successful implementation of the mandatory composting cycling policy that has helped move the city toward the goal of zero waste by 2020 with an 80% diversion rate. successful implementation o
. >> commending director melanie nutter, department of the environment. approval of resolution commending director melanie nutter for her service to the department of the environment and to the city and county of san francisco. whereas mayor gavin newsom appointed melanie nutter director for the san francisco department of the environment in august 2010 and whereas melanie nut r has continued to direct the department of the environment and provide san francisco's leadership under mayor...
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supervisor cohen: are any of them in the department of environment? >> we do have to who are in the department of an barman. we just promoted one to a leader who is leading the environment now team. supervisor cohen: what is the criteria that you use to evaluate will be accepted into the program? >> we work with quite a few nonprofits that do the kind of work we do in that community. we have close partnerships with goodwill, the san francisco conservation corps, we work with a lot of development programs where they have maybe six or eight week program and provide an opportunity for participants to do a two-year stint with us. it's a much longer opportunity. we work with a lot of partners and that's the main way we have been recruiting. >>supervisor cohen: these are paid positions? >> yes. i believe the hourly rate is $14 an hour. supervisor cohen: this is 18-24? >> not all of them, but many of them. supervisor cohen: is there an age limit? >> there is not an age limit. the department of the environment has 30 staff whose primary responsibility is an o
supervisor cohen: are any of them in the department of environment? >> we do have to who are in the department of an barman. we just promoted one to a leader who is leading the environment now team. supervisor cohen: what is the criteria that you use to evaluate will be accepted into the program? >> we work with quite a few nonprofits that do the kind of work we do in that community. we have close partnerships with goodwill, the san francisco conservation corps, we work with a lot...
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to go solar program made the process through the puc but that's the environment commission. when you pay a $0.10 bag feces fee that's us as well but if you've ever gone to the city dumb you'll understand why those plastic bags had to go. there are a number of things to figure out what our proper role is and whether we can pass a resolution does that mean the board of supervisors or the planning department has the ultimate jurisdiction over some of those items did it mean we're not involved. how do we address those issues. it's important to check out the things we're doing. we have all kinds of projects like in our neighborhood association we fund those codifies things. you should check out our website. i mean how many of you all have a big can of greases happening over our stove like bacon greases. i can't cook with egresses but you can go on the department of environment commission and find out. most of the people in this world are not knowledge no cities. we've got to figure out a way to better use our resources and get rid of our junk. we're trying to figure out how we vi
to go solar program made the process through the puc but that's the environment commission. when you pay a $0.10 bag feces fee that's us as well but if you've ever gone to the city dumb you'll understand why those plastic bags had to go. there are a number of things to figure out what our proper role is and whether we can pass a resolution does that mean the board of supervisors or the planning department has the ultimate jurisdiction over some of those items did it mean we're not involved. how...
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i'm clark hatchet with the department of environment outreach team. i'm here to talk about the plastic bag ban and the new rules as of october 1st, 2013 as it applies to restaurants. here in san francisco we are a leader with innovative policies and programs in terms of the environment. we still have a few problems to solve in our city, and one big one is solving the problem of the pesky plastic bag. plastic bags clog our sewers, neighborhoods and parks. they clog up recycling machines causing us to clean up every year. [speaker not understood], we banned plastic bags in 2007 at all large supermarkets as well as pharmacies across the city. there was no charge for the paper or disposable plastic bags allowed to be used in pharmacies and supermarkets. but in 2012 we expanded the ordinance to apply to all retail establishments across the city. and also implemented a 10 cent minimum charge for all check-out bags whether they be compostable plastic or recycled paper. keep the charge to pay for more expensive compostable plastic bags or the paper bags. and
i'm clark hatchet with the department of environment outreach team. i'm here to talk about the plastic bag ban and the new rules as of october 1st, 2013 as it applies to restaurants. here in san francisco we are a leader with innovative policies and programs in terms of the environment. we still have a few problems to solve in our city, and one big one is solving the problem of the pesky plastic bag. plastic bags clog our sewers, neighborhoods and parks. they clog up recycling machines causing...
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commission of the environment. this is a discussion and action item. speaker today is commissioner joshua arce. >> so, colleagues, as we all know as we have been talking about in our different times when we get together where it's a few days now at the end of the week of this weekend, director nutter is leaving us. and we thought that we wanted to thank you and to commend you for your achievements. we wanted to do that on our agenda. we thought, why not? we didn't kind of know where to put it on the agenda. we said why not put it at the beginning, you know. you can't say thank you enough. and, so, maybe one thing, colleagues, if it's okay, maybe monica can read our resolution that we have to thank director nutter for everything she's done for us and for the city and for the environment. >> commending director melanie nutter, department of the environment. approval of resolution commending director melanie nutter for her service to the department of the environment and to the city and county of san francisco. whereas mayor gavin newsom appointed melanie
commission of the environment. this is a discussion and action item. speaker today is commissioner joshua arce. >> so, colleagues, as we all know as we have been talking about in our different times when we get together where it's a few days now at the end of the week of this weekend, director nutter is leaving us. and we thought that we wanted to thank you and to commend you for your achievements. we wanted to do that on our agenda. we thought, why not? we didn't kind of know where to...
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i believe the department of environment is represented here. we have an extensive memo in discussing what outreach efforts there are. this is the other reason why we had pursued the same recognition to the small business commission, who passed this unanimously. because we wanted to be sure that there had been proper steps made and made it to all communities as best as can possibly be. this is the other reason why i extended the implementation date by three months. so to what end that there would be any continuance to try to nurture greater outreach is simply build into the law itself. so if you support the law, as i just heard, but you want a perfect outreach, than what we have just done is added three months to the tool itself so that that could happen. i would be more than happy to bring out the department of the environment, mr. president, that can speak to this. president chiu: it is up to you. supervisor mirkarimi: all right, doe director, melanie nutter. >> good afternoon, members of the board of supervisors. thank you, supervisor mirkari
i believe the department of environment is represented here. we have an extensive memo in discussing what outreach efforts there are. this is the other reason why we had pursued the same recognition to the small business commission, who passed this unanimously. because we wanted to be sure that there had been proper steps made and made it to all communities as best as can possibly be. this is the other reason why i extended the implementation date by three months. so to what end that there...
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welcome to the commission on the environment. tonight, we have two presentations, followed by the closed session performance evaluation of director debbie rafael. special welcome to our guests from the san francisco planning department, the economic world forum, and the silicon valley blockchain society. i want to thank commissioner stevenson for sponsoring the presentation on blockchain society, and its future environmental programs and policies. one of the commission's mandates in the city charter is for us to hold meeting to help educate the department and the public on new trends that may impact the environment in san francisco. blockchain is a very interesting innovation, and many of us, especially me, are interested about learning about this. so let's get started. is there any public comment on the president's report? hearing none, next item, anthony. >>clerk: the next item is item three, approval. meeting minutes. this item is for discussion and action. >> great. so this is for the september 25 meeting. do i have a motion?
welcome to the commission on the environment. tonight, we have two presentations, followed by the closed session performance evaluation of director debbie rafael. special welcome to our guests from the san francisco planning department, the economic world forum, and the silicon valley blockchain society. i want to thank commissioner stevenson for sponsoring the presentation on blockchain society, and its future environmental programs and policies. one of the commission's mandates in the city...
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san francisco department of environment. this website will make participating in earth month activities more accessible to the public and help everyone get involved in some capacity and get excited about doing something about the environments let me tell you, it can be done. i have made a conscious effort to reduce the amount of trash by paying close attention to what i produce. i hardly empty anything in the black garbage can now because of composting, because of recycling , i mean, it is absolutely amazing what you can do when you make changes to how you get rid of waste. putting together a great earth month team has been a team effort, and i want to thank the leaders at the public utilities commission, and we know that some of our commissioners are here today, as well as i want to thank the department of environment for the work that they continue to do, and i also would like to thank the clean power s.f. director. thank you so much. and our commissioner, francesca, and i think others who were former commissioners but has
san francisco department of environment. this website will make participating in earth month activities more accessible to the public and help everyone get involved in some capacity and get excited about doing something about the environments let me tell you, it can be done. i have made a conscious effort to reduce the amount of trash by paying close attention to what i produce. i hardly empty anything in the black garbage can now because of composting, because of recycling , i mean, it is...
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and help to sustain and the environment. i would also like to thank the leadership of supervisors chiu and wiener to address the issues we heard from the community over the past couple of months. as you are aware, when this legislation was continued last fall, you call upon the department of the environment to conduct more outreach for diversity in the city. we answered that col. since early december, we have conducted a robust outreach effort that is unprecedented for any pending legislation. we invested staff time and resources to make sure that the proper work was done. i wanted to take a moment to detail those activities. they have included one-on-one outreach. you can get merchant organizations. my staff reached out to be supervisor to get input on which neighborhood associations you would like to ensure were reached in your community. we also worked with the mayor's staff on his recommendations as well. on starting the outreach through the list of priority organizations, we were happy to join the supervisor for a forum
and help to sustain and the environment. i would also like to thank the leadership of supervisors chiu and wiener to address the issues we heard from the community over the past couple of months. as you are aware, when this legislation was continued last fall, you call upon the department of the environment to conduct more outreach for diversity in the city. we answered that col. since early december, we have conducted a robust outreach effort that is unprecedented for any pending legislation....
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to the san francisco commission on the environment, dear commissioners in the department of the environment staff, community advocates for clean power sf would like to thank you for your past leadership in making clear to city decision makers that san francisco greenhouse direction goals are not achievable without accomplishing a robust, clean power sf program with a strong local build out of clean energy and we further thank you for insisting that programs like clean power sf are built with union labor to the greatest extent possible and that all san francisco communities must economy and environmentally benefit from such programs, all communities. and it is the commission and the department of the environment that are more than any other agency. and at the cutting edge of clean energy installation, environmentally sustain able connection and green jobs policy in san francisco, consistent with this history of leadership, we now call upon you to make a much stronger role in moving forward clean power sf. while, climates scientists are sounding the alarm that the planet is set to reach extre
to the san francisco commission on the environment, dear commissioners in the department of the environment staff, community advocates for clean power sf would like to thank you for your past leadership in making clear to city decision makers that san francisco greenhouse direction goals are not achievable without accomplishing a robust, clean power sf program with a strong local build out of clean energy and we further thank you for insisting that programs like clean power sf are built with...
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department of environment, please? >> i am from the department of environment and i am here to shore support for this ordinance. i want to share with you our experience and plans for the pilot and demonstrate how that ties into this ordinance. as you noted, the ordinance that you brought forward last year did result in genetech providing $110,000 to our department to create a pilot program that will last about 18 months. we are in process of developing that. we have more than one dozen independent pharmacies that will serve as collection points. that is a great start for our first citywide collection program. a large portion of these funds will be used for outreach and education. we know from experience that the valuable outreaches in-store or at the point of sale. 90%, the first place they go to find out how to dispose of something as the place they purchased it. in this case, pharmacies. it is key that point of purchase be the primary component of our outreach, just as in-core pharmacy collection is the primary locat
department of environment, please? >> i am from the department of environment and i am here to shore support for this ordinance. i want to share with you our experience and plans for the pilot and demonstrate how that ties into this ordinance. as you noted, the ordinance that you brought forward last year did result in genetech providing $110,000 to our department to create a pilot program that will last about 18 months. we are in process of developing that. we have more than one dozen...
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so, it's been moved and seconded to add "and to the environment" to line 6 on page 4. it's been moved and second. all those in favor please say aye. >> aye. >> and then can i get a motion to approve the resolution? put it on the record. so moved by commissioner wald. second by commissioner wanned. all those in favor please say aye. >> aye. >> approved. thank you, melanie. [gavel] >> [speaker not understood]? i was trying to be efficient. less co2 with less words. okay. so, thank you for that. we'll ask for the nays here on out. next item, please, monica. >> nomination and election of commission on the environment officers. this is a discussion and action item. >> all right. it's that time again. it seems like it was just a year ago that we did this. in fact, it was. well, i don't know quite what to say. i've got the honor to be the president on this commission for 12 months and it's been an honor to be in this role. i really don't know what to do at this point so i'm just winging it. i guess one of the things to do is to bail me out here. commissioner wald. >> yes. i w
so, it's been moved and seconded to add "and to the environment" to line 6 on page 4. it's been moved and second. all those in favor please say aye. >> aye. >> and then can i get a motion to approve the resolution? put it on the record. so moved by commissioner wald. second by commissioner wanned. all those in favor please say aye. >> aye. >> approved. thank you, melanie. [gavel] >> [speaker not understood]? i was trying to be efficient. less co2 with...
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>> we will call role for the commission on the environment. [roll call] >> there is decorum. >> thank you, very much. i am president on the commission of status of women. i wanted to thank everyone for being here today. i particularly wanted to thank the staff of the two departments the department of the environment and the status of women for this amazing meeting tonight. i know is a lot of work. it is something that the president and i talked about several months ago before the climate action summit. our mayor showed such extraordinary leadership. this has been a vision coming together for a couple of months. i wanted to thank you. as well as director rafael. i wanted to highlight a couple of things about the department on the status of women and the commission on the status of women for those of you who may not be familiar with our work. we invite you -- we have our regular schedule commission meeting on the fourth wednesday of every month. 4-6:00 pm in city hall. all are welcome. we would appreciate your input. join us there. we were creat
>> we will call role for the commission on the environment. [roll call] >> there is decorum. >> thank you, very much. i am president on the commission of status of women. i wanted to thank everyone for being here today. i particularly wanted to thank the staff of the two departments the department of the environment and the status of women for this amazing meeting tonight. i know is a lot of work. it is something that the president and i talked about several months ago before...
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we continue to try to work with the environment to improve it. they can speak to this more -- better than i can, but essentially, in public, it is difficult to get people to sort their trash properly, so we are continuing to refine the program and hope that our experience in dolores park will inform the programs going forward. we also recycle at our tennis courts, and these are a little bit of a different scenario. we seem to have a higher success rate there, and in part, while it is not an indoor staff facility, it feels a little bit like that to our users, so we can to see a lot of recycling at our tennis courts. >> we are extremely proud of golden gate part goes a diversion rate. the department of the environment frequently tells us that we are one of the best apartments in terms of diversion rate, and an aversion in golden gate park is now at 96%. that means that only 4% of the waste generated by the park and in the park is up in a landfill. -- ends up in the landfill. however, we are focusing on that remaining 4% and trying to get to the zer
we continue to try to work with the environment to improve it. they can speak to this more -- better than i can, but essentially, in public, it is difficult to get people to sort their trash properly, so we are continuing to refine the program and hope that our experience in dolores park will inform the programs going forward. we also recycle at our tennis courts, and these are a little bit of a different scenario. we seem to have a higher success rate there, and in part, while it is not an...
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in district five, we have seen the success in the farming environment. the hayes family farm where they're used to be a freeway off ramp and in octavia, all wonderful solutions to properties that would lay fallow. this resolution urges the implementation of a buy local first policy as a way of bolstering regional food production, urges the department of environment to note the technologies such as water catchment systems, gray water systems, vertical farming and calls for evaluation of surplus city property that could be used for gardening or farming as we have already demonstrated and investigating and implementing renewable clean energy alternatives to our overreliance on fossil fuel. that is the highlights that are before you. i would be more than happy to show if you could one more time on the screen. i don't know if the graph is up there. this shows a graphic representation of what it means to live with the forecast of peak oil in dwindling supplies. electricity generation by region in the new policies scenario as well. i don't know if there was any
in district five, we have seen the success in the farming environment. the hayes family farm where they're used to be a freeway off ramp and in octavia, all wonderful solutions to properties that would lay fallow. this resolution urges the implementation of a buy local first policy as a way of bolstering regional food production, urges the department of environment to note the technologies such as water catchment systems, gray water systems, vertical farming and calls for evaluation of surplus...
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. >> good evening, this is a meeting of the san francisco commission on the environment, the date is wednesday, march -- special meeting, the date is wednesday, march 14, 2018, and the time is 5:04 p.m. reminder that the use of cell phones and electronic devices are prohibited. the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of use of cell phone, or electronic devices. there will be opportunity for public comment on every item on the agenda as well as opportunity for general public comments on items that are not on the agenda, that is item number 4. moving to item number 1. roll call. president is cued. suspect wald? here. there is a quorum. the next item. item 2 is for discussion. >> good evening, and thanks to all of you attending our meeting today, be you staff, partners or members of the public. as those of you who -- no, i want to acknowledge that this is the first time in my career as an environment commissioner that i have sat in this seat and it's a great honor, and i want to thank my colleagues for making that possible. as i w
. >> good evening, this is a meeting of the san francisco commission on the environment, the date is wednesday, march -- special meeting, the date is wednesday, march 14, 2018, and the time is 5:04 p.m. reminder that the use of cell phones and electronic devices are prohibited. the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of use of cell phone, or electronic devices. there will be opportunity for public comment on every item on the agenda...
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the environment is collapsing. i think what we need is a feed-in tariff law that the city can pass t city of lancaster, california just passed all homes built in lancaster be 100% solar power, los angeles county has passed a feed-in tariff for harvesting it under the grid, this is exactly what's going on all over the globe and we need to do it here in san francisco. it's a law that requires pg&e to pay the home owners for harvesting solar energy, it's not government subsidy, contrary to what everything is media says, it's simply a market, so i think that we should look at what's going on in the world with a feed-in tariff instead of cc a. i think ralph said it's designed to fail and i agree with him, germany has created 4 hou, thousand jobs just in the last couple of years, 400 billion dollars in cash flow, these are things we need to have a conversation about before we make more decision, time is short. >> thank you, john rizzo, sierra club. then elizabeth clevner. >> thank you, president torres and commissioners.
the environment is collapsing. i think what we need is a feed-in tariff law that the city can pass t city of lancaster, california just passed all homes built in lancaster be 100% solar power, los angeles county has passed a feed-in tariff for harvesting it under the grid, this is exactly what's going on all over the globe and we need to do it here in san francisco. it's a law that requires pg&e to pay the home owners for harvesting solar energy, it's not government subsidy, contrary to...
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they will live in an urban environment. it is already happening in asia and south america where there is a migration toward the great cities of the world. that will bring more and more congestion into those cities. as an industry, as a company, we can view this as a ch
they will live in an urban environment. it is already happening in asia and south america where there is a migration toward the great cities of the world. that will bring more and more congestion into those cities. as an industry, as a company, we can view this as a ch
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commission, when my organization went to the environment commission, you recognized the workers and you recognized the people and sometimes we get caught up in the policy, and the practice and procedure, and that is why i wanted to see some people here and i wanted to see some field staff here, because that is what excites me and that is what excites them, and there are a lot of people and you know a lot of families and a lot of local residents and josh's great work on the local hire with john avalos and i think that when you recognize that the program, and when the department, and the environment commission recognized the apprenticeship program and it kind of got the president and i talking a little bit about there really is incredible amount of common ground, although you don't have all of the staff that like the recreation and parks department and the department of public works and the puc has and they are working for the department of the environment because it is all intermingled and jake used to call the recreation and the parks department the health department and he is right
commission, when my organization went to the environment commission, you recognized the workers and you recognized the people and sometimes we get caught up in the policy, and the practice and procedure, and that is why i wanted to see some people here and i wanted to see some field staff here, because that is what excites me and that is what excites them, and there are a lot of people and you know a lot of families and a lot of local residents and josh's great work on the local hire with john...
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including the department of the environment. and the citizenry to ask us to do our do diligence to make sure that we are doing our best on the behalf of ratepayers in the city. there seemed to be ample reason for us to continue this discussion, deliver live even for a number of reasons that have emerged even in this discourse today. i will suggest a postponement date, realizing very much that we are about ready to get into the thick of our budget process, which does not give us a window of time to be as thoughtful as we would like to be over the next couple months. i would suggest that we return back to this issue in july. there is no meeting on july 6. but there is a meeting on july 13. if that comports with madam chairs the agenda about how you want to orchestrate us between now and the conclusion of the budgetary process, that is simply an initial suggestion. supervisor chu: i do not anticipate that we will be able to bring this item up before the budget process. we will get the position in the month of may. if i could ask fo
including the department of the environment. and the citizenry to ask us to do our do diligence to make sure that we are doing our best on the behalf of ratepayers in the city. there seemed to be ample reason for us to continue this discussion, deliver live even for a number of reasons that have emerged even in this discourse today. i will suggest a postponement date, realizing very much that we are about ready to get into the thick of our budget process, which does not give us a window of time...